Practice mode Psychology

Viewed one way, a picture shows craters; turned through 180 degrees, the craters appear as bumps. What causes this perceptual effect?

Correct answer B. Light and shadow

Explanation

The brain assumes light comes from above, so shading patterns are read as either hollows or bumps; rotating the picture reverses where the shadows fall and so reverses the depth.

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